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UK Covid live news: Johnson to announce ‘last piece of jigsaw’ vaccine booster rollout as part of winter plan UK Covid live news: Johnson to announce ‘last piece of jigsaw’ vaccine booster rollout as part of winter plan
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PM to confirm booster jabs for the over-50s, as part of the government’s winter plan for CovidPM to confirm booster jabs for the over-50s, as part of the government’s winter plan for Covid
Lord Frost, the Brexit minister, has announced that a series of post-Brexit health checks on goods that were due to be imposed on EU imports to the UK from later this year, or from January, are being postponed. He says this will give businesses more time to prepare.
Here are the border checks that are affected.
The requirement for pre-notification of sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) goods
Was due to start: 1 October 2021
Now starting: 1 January 2022
The new requirements for export health certificates
Was due to start: 1 October 2021
Now starting: 1 July 2022
Phytosanitary certificates and physical checks on SPS goods at border control posts
Was due to start: 1 January 2022
Now starting: 1 July 2022
Safety and security declarations on imports
Was due to start: 1 January 2022
Now starting: 1 July 2022
In a statement Frost said:
Prof Anthony Harnden, deputy chair of the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI), told the Today programme that he would not feel comfortable about a 12-year-old child deciding to get vaccinated against the wishes of their parents. (See 9.50am.)Prof Anthony Harnden, deputy chair of the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI), told the Today programme that he would not feel comfortable about a 12-year-old child deciding to get vaccinated against the wishes of their parents. (See 9.50am.)
Asked about this possibility, he told the programme:Asked about this possibility, he told the programme:
In his interviews this morning Nadhim Zahawi, the vaccine deployment minister, said children aged 12 to 15 would be able to decide to get vaccinated against the wishes of their parents - provided they were deemed competent to do so by a clinician. He told Sky News:In his interviews this morning Nadhim Zahawi, the vaccine deployment minister, said children aged 12 to 15 would be able to decide to get vaccinated against the wishes of their parents - provided they were deemed competent to do so by a clinician. He told Sky News:
The concept is known as “Gillick competence” in legal circles after Victoria Gillick, the campaigner who went to court in the 1980s to stop doctors giving contraceptives to children under the age of 16 without their parents consent. The case ended up in the House of Lords, where the law lords made a ruling that still applies today.The concept is known as “Gillick competence” in legal circles after Victoria Gillick, the campaigner who went to court in the 1980s to stop doctors giving contraceptives to children under the age of 16 without their parents consent. The case ended up in the House of Lords, where the law lords made a ruling that still applies today.
A controversial plan to build a tunnel between Scotland and Northern Ireland has been ditched before ground was broken, it has been reported, as the Treasury clamps down on spending. My colleague Jamie Grierson has the story.A controversial plan to build a tunnel between Scotland and Northern Ireland has been ditched before ground was broken, it has been reported, as the Treasury clamps down on spending. My colleague Jamie Grierson has the story.
Good morning. As my colleagues Aubrey Allegretti and Peter Walker reports, later today Boris Johnson will confirm the start of a booster jabs programme for the over-50s, as part of an announcement about the government’s winter plan for Covid.Good morning. As my colleagues Aubrey Allegretti and Peter Walker reports, later today Boris Johnson will confirm the start of a booster jabs programme for the over-50s, as part of an announcement about the government’s winter plan for Covid.
In an interview this morning Nadhim Zahawi, the vaccine deployment minister, said the booster programme would be the “final piece of the jigsaw” as the UK transitions away from dealing with coronavirus as a pandemic. He said:In an interview this morning Nadhim Zahawi, the vaccine deployment minister, said the booster programme would be the “final piece of the jigsaw” as the UK transitions away from dealing with coronavirus as a pandemic. He said:
I will post more from his interviews soon.I will post more from his interviews soon.
Here is the agenda for the day.Here is the agenda for the day.
8.30am: Boris Johnson chairs cabinet.8.30am: Boris Johnson chairs cabinet.
10am: Sir Keir Starmer gives a speech to the TUC conference.10am: Sir Keir Starmer gives a speech to the TUC conference.
11.30am: The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation hold a press conference.11.30am: The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation hold a press conference.
12pm: Liz Truss, the international trade secretary, gives a speech.12pm: Liz Truss, the international trade secretary, gives a speech.
After 1pm: MPs begin debating the health and social care levy bill, which is due to pass all its Commons stages in one day. The second reading vote will take place three hours after the debate starts, and votes on committee stage amendments will take place another three hours later.After 1pm: MPs begin debating the health and social care levy bill, which is due to pass all its Commons stages in one day. The second reading vote will take place three hours after the debate starts, and votes on committee stage amendments will take place another three hours later.
After 2pm: Nicola Sturgeon, Scotland’s first minister, gives a statement in the Scottish parliament on Covid.After 2pm: Nicola Sturgeon, Scotland’s first minister, gives a statement in the Scottish parliament on Covid.
4pm: Boris Johnson holds a press conference to give details of the government’s winter plan for Covid.4pm: Boris Johnson holds a press conference to give details of the government’s winter plan for Covid.
At some point today there will also be a statement in the Commons on the Covid winter plan, but the timing of that has not been announced yet.At some point today there will also be a statement in the Commons on the Covid winter plan, but the timing of that has not been announced yet.
For further Covid coverage, do read our global live blog.For further Covid coverage, do read our global live blog.
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